Churches make a drastic pledge in the name of social justice: To stop calling the police 22 April 2018First Congregational Church of Oakland shares a neighborhood with many homeless people who often come to the church in times of mental health crisehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/19/churches-make-a-… Read more about Churches make a drastic pledge in the name of social justice: To stop calling the police
Charges Sought in Eric Garner’s Death, but Justice Officials Have Doubts 22 April 2018WASHINGTON — Federal civil rights prosecutors have recommended charges against a New York police officer in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, three cuhttps://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/us/politics/eric-garner-charges-recommende… Read more about Charges Sought in Eric Garner’s Death, but Justice Officials Have Doubts
Incident raciste dans un Starbucks: le chef de la police s'excuse 20 April 2018Le chef de la police de Philadelphie a présenté ses excuses jeudi, une semaine après l'arrestation de deux jeunes Noirs dans un café Starbucks qui http://www.lapresse.ca/international/etats-unis/201804/19/01-5161746-incident-ra… Read more about Incident raciste dans un Starbucks: le chef de la police s'excuse
B.C. police watchdog to adopt recommendations from inquest into shooting of mentally ill man 20 April 2018B.C.'s civilian police watchdog agency said Wednesday it will accept recommendations from a public inquest into the shooting death of a mentally ilhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-police-watchdog-to-adopt-reco… Read more about B.C. police watchdog to adopt recommendations from inquest into shooting of mentally ill man
Two Burnaby police-shooting files still open more than three years later 20 April 2018B.C.’s police watchdog is apologizing for taking more than three years to report on two police shootings in Burnaby in March 2015 but says it will http://www.burnabynow.com/news/two-burnaby-police-shooting-files-still-open-more… Read more about Two Burnaby police-shooting files still open more than three years later
Long-secret watchdog report warned of 'undue pressure' from CSIS on detainees 20 April 2018Newly disclosed documents show a top secret federal report — kept under wraps for over a decade — criticized Canada's spy agency for shortcomings ahttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/04/19/news/long-secret-watchdog-report-war… Read more about Long-secret watchdog report warned of 'undue pressure' from CSIS on detainees
Printemps érable : l'agent de la SQ Denis Burelle suspendu 35 jours 18 April 2018Blâmé pour l'utilisation imprudente de son arme et pour avoir blessé gravement des manifestants à Victoriaville en 2012, le policier de la Sûreté dhttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1095547/printemps-erable-agent-denis-burell… Read more about Printemps érable : l'agent de la SQ Denis Burelle suspendu 35 jours
Il faut retirer les armes d’impact à projectiles du SPVM 18 April 2018On s’est croisés dernièrement, à l’hôtel de ville de Montréal, lors de la dernière commission sur la sécurité publique le 10 avril.https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/libre-opinion/525377/il-faut-retirer-les-armes-… Read more about Il faut retirer les armes d’impact à projectiles du SPVM
Mounties accused of pepper-spray assault won't face trial because of court delay 18 April 2018Court delays have resulted in the staying of an assault charge against two Vancouver Island Mounties accused of using excessive force by pepper sprhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-assault-court-delay-jordan-1… Read more about Mounties accused of pepper-spray assault won't face trial because of court delay
Discussion with Rojava representative Sinam Mohamed 19 April 2018https://www.facebook.com/events/192436391537745/ Read more about Discussion with Rojava representative Sinam Mohamed
B.C. Coroners Service information blackout on police-involved deaths raises red flags for accountability 03 July 2017Historically, any time that somebody in B.C. dies during an interaction with police or in the custody of law enforcement or a B.C.http://www.straight.com/news/926101/bc-coroners-service-information-blackout-pol… Read more about B.C. Coroners Service information blackout on police-involved deaths raises red flags for accountability
Un motard poursuit le SPVM pour 6,5 M$ 03 July 2017Une « magouille » de l’ex-enquêteur Benoit Roberge pour résoudre le meurtre d’un Hells Angel notoire risque de coûter très cher au SPVM et à la Vilhttp://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/06/30/lex-motard-de-6-millions Read more about Un motard poursuit le SPVM pour 6,5 M$
Implicit bias and anti-black racism the core of Andrew Loku inquest findings 03 July 2017The jury that crafted the 39 recommendations coming out of the inquest into the police shooting death of Andrew Loku in 2015 made it clear that rachttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/implicit-bias-and-anti-black-racism-the-co… Read more about Implicit bias and anti-black racism the core of Andrew Loku inquest findings
Number of fatal shootings by U.S. police in 2017 set to exceed 1,000 03 July 2017July 1 (Reuters) – Police officers across the United States shot 492 people dead in the first half of 2017, on track to approach 1,000 such incidenhttp://globalnews.ca/news/3570589/police-shootings-in-2017-numbers/ Read more about Number of fatal shootings by U.S. police in 2017 set to exceed 1,000
Does military equipment lead police officers to be more violent? We did the research. 03 July 2017On April 29, Officer Roy Oliver of the Balch Springs Police Department in Texas shot and killed Jordan Edwards, who was a passenger in a friend’s chttps://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/30/does-milit… Read more about Does military equipment lead police officers to be more violent? We did the research.
Des membres de Black Lives Matter s'emparent d'une scène du FIJM 02 July 2017Des manifestants du groupe Black Lives Matter ont brièvement occupé la scène Rio Tinto du Festival international de jazz de Montréal (FIJM) dimahttp://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1043148/black-lives-matter-scene-festival-ja… Read more about Des membres de Black Lives Matter s'emparent d'une scène du FIJM
Citoyen abattu par le SPVM: une «vraie zone de non-droit» 30 June 2017L'immeuble à loyer modique où Pierre Coriolan a été abattu par le Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) mardi soir est une « vraie zone http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-affaires-criminelles/faits-divers/2… Read more about Citoyen abattu par le SPVM: une «vraie zone de non-droit»
Trois policiers de Chicago inculpés après une bavure retentissante 30 June 2017Les autorités de Chicago ont inculpé trois policiers suspectés d'avoir cherché à étouffer une bavure choquante qui avait ensuite entraîné le renvoihttp://www.lapresse.ca/international/etats-unis/201706/27/01-5111274-trois-polic… Read more about Trois policiers de Chicago inculpés après une bavure retentissante
Ontario’s police watchdog charged 20 police officers with crimes in 2016 Ontario’s police watchdog saw a slight increase in the number of cases it opened and the number of officers it charged with crimes in 2016, accordihttps://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/06/29/ontarios-police-watchdog-charged-20-… Read more about Ontario’s police watchdog charged 20 police officers with crimes in 2016
RAPPORT ANNUEL DU SPVM: CRIMINALITÉ EN BAISSE ET HAUSSE DES PLAINTES POUR AGRESSIONS SEXUELLES 29 June 2017CRIMES SEXUELShttp://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/731ffa84-ad31-4ffc-ab88-a950417b03c7%7C_0.html Read more about RAPPORT ANNUEL DU SPVM: CRIMINALITÉ EN BAISSE ET HAUSSE DES PLAINTES POUR AGRESSIONS SEXUELLES